57168 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0698. 

Title: Advisory Circular (AC): 

Reporting of Laser Illumination of 

Aircraft. 

Form Numbers: Advisory Circular 70– 

2B, Reporting of Laser Illumination of 

Aircraft. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: Advisory Circular 70–2B 

provides guidance to civilian air crews 

on the reporting of laser illumination 

incidents and recommended mitigation 

actions to be taken in order to ensure 

continued safe and orderly flight 

operations. Information is collected 

from pilots and aircrews that are 

affected by an unauthorized 

illumination by lasers. The requested 

reporting involves an immediate 

broadcast notification to Air Traffic 

Control (ATC) when the incident 

occurs, as well as a broadcast warning 

of the incident if the aircrew is flying in 

uncontrolled airspace. In addition, the 

AC requests that the aircrew supply a 

written report of the incident and send 

it by fax or email to the Washington 

Operations Control Complex (WOCC) as 

soon as possible. 

Respondents: Approximately 1,100 

pilots and crewmembers. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 10 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 183 

hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 17, 

2023. 

Sandra L. Ray, 

Aviation Safety Inspector, AFS–260. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0049] 

North County Transit District Request 

for Approval To Begin Field Testing on 

Its Positive Train Control Network 

Comment Extension Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of extension for request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: On July 25, 2023, North 

County Transit District (NCTD) 

submitted a request to field test its new 

Crash Energy Management (CEM) BiLevel cab cars that have been equipped 

with NCTD’s Interoperable Electronic 

Train Management System (I–ETMS) 

technology as part of its positive train 

control (PTC) system. FRA published a 

notice inviting public comment on 

NCTD’s request to test its PTC system, 

with the initial comment period closing 

on August 30, 2023. This document 

provides the public with notice that 

FRA is extending the comment period 

on NCTD’s test request from August 30, 

2023, to October 10, 2023. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by October 10, 2023. FRA may 

consider comments received after that 

date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0049. 

For convenience, all active PTC 

documents are hyperlinked on FRA’s 

website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ 

reserch-development/program-areas/ 

train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. On September 21, 

2018, FRA certified NCTD’s I–ETMS 

PTC system under 49 CFR 236.1015 and 

49 U.S.C. 20157(h). Pursuant to 49 CFR 

236.1035, a railroad must obtain FRA’s 

approval before field testing an 

uncertified PTC system, or a product of 

an uncertified PTC system, or any 

regression testing of a certified PTC 

system on the general rail system. See 

49 CFR 236.1035(a). NCTD’s test 

request, including a complete 

description of NCTD’s Concept of 

Operations and its specific test 

procedures, including the measures that 

will be taken to ensure safety during 

testing, are available for review online at 

https://www.regulations.gov in Docket 

No. FRA–2010–0049. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on NCTD’s test request by 

submitting written comments or data. 

During its review of the test request, 

FRA will consider any comments or 

data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying testing of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. See 49 CFR 236.1035. FRA, 

however, may elect not to respond to 

any particular comment, and under 49 

CFR 236.1035, FRA maintains the 

authority to approve, approve with 

conditions, or deny the test request at its 

sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, FRA encourages commenters 

to provide their name, or the name of 

their organization; however, submission 

of names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

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